Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Calnègia Valley, Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 205888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calnègia Valley, Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Formazzolo Alp (Formazzöö Alp)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Cubanite	Melonite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Wurtzite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Au Bi Cu Fe Mo O S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Cubanite Melonite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calaverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	114491	361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114491	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	114491	802
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114491	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	114491	804
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	114491	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	114491	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114491	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114491	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114491	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114491	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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